​For much of his life, Pizza, who has been dubbed "the world's saddest polar bear", has lived in horribly cramped conditions in a Chinese shopping centre.

The aquarium in which he was kept, known as Grandview in Guangzhou, has been a subject of animal cruelty for several years and recently, Animals Asia, an animal welfare charity, organised a petition with more than 500,000 signatures calling for the attraction to be closed. It was Animals Asia that released footage of Pizza in the first place so that the world could see the cruelty that the bear had endured.

The good news is that the Yorkshire Wildlife Park, a conservation charity based in Doncaster in the United Kingdom, has offered a brand new home for the polar bear. It's still a long way from the arctic but it's a million times better than the conditions that he is currently facing. No payment has been offered for the bear although the cost of moving him will be raised by the Wildlife Park who are expecting the aquarium to cooperate. Hopefully this story will soon have a happy ending and Pizza will no longer be the world's saddest polar bear but one of the happiest!

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